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At a height of 7 ft and potential offers from the NBA, Amritpal Singh isn’t just standing tall but is an outstanding basketball player who initially took to the sport just to earn a livelihood. “I’m speaking to you from a khét (field)”, Amritpal Singh tells this incredulous reporter. The 22-year-old starting centre on the Indian senior […]

Saturday – January 25th, 2014 India 78 75 Angola INDIA WIN!   FINAL India 29 49 65 78 78 Angola 14 31 37 75 75     Team India. Copyright Ekalavyas. An inspired India came out all guns blazing to surprise the much higher rated Angola, ranked 15th in the world, to win a close […]

  This post was originally published on March 24, 2014 in Tadpoles magazine and can be accessed here.  It can be quite disconcerting when a 6ft 9 inch behemoth says “thanks choo much” when you tag him in a picture on Facebook. But that’s Amjyot Singh Gill for you. The 22-year-old starting power forward on […]

Sunday – January 26th, 2014 India 67 52 Cape Verde FINAL. INDIA WIN!   FINAL India 12 33 43 67 67 Cape Verde 12 26 43 52 52     Team India after its semis win. Copyright Ekalavyas After a listless and underwhelming first three quarters, the Indian men’s team finally got its act together […]

Indian basketball players Amritpal Singh, Amjyot Singh, Yadwinder Singh and Vishesh Bhriguvanshi have been invited to Melbourne by the National Basketball League (NBL) to participate in their draft combine for the upcoming 2017-18 season. The combine is set to take place on the 17th and 18th of April, 2017 in the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic […]